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Apportioning damages when the plaintiff shares the blame

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Building ; 255(7661) 17 August 1990, 26(1)Publication details: 1990Subject(s): Summary: Reviews the cases Vesta v Butcher (1988) and Tennant Radiant Heat Ltd v Warrington DC (Abstract 38930) which led to a Law Commission recommendation that contributory negligence should be available as a defence to breaches of all contractual obligations.

Reviews the cases Vesta v Butcher (1988) and Tennant Radiant Heat Ltd v Warrington DC (Abstract 38930) which led to a Law Commission recommendation that contributory negligence should be available as a defence to breaches of all contractual obligations.